"Okay, I agree to what you said." Wan Jun looked into the young man's firm eyes and replied.
When Gu Xiao saw that Wan Jun had agreed to his request, he immediately said: "In that case, please mobilize the troops, I will capture the bandit leader alive." After saying this, Gu Xiao almost collapsed when he heard Wan Jun's answer. A somersault.
Wan Jun stroked his beard and said with a smile: "There are no soldiers, only your men and my accompanying guards."
Gu Xiao didn't expect that Master Wan still didn't care about such a big thing, so he said anxiously: "Master Wan, this is not a joke, this is about your life."
"If we mobilize troops, I'm afraid the person behind Master Liu Village you mentioned will be completely hidden in the darkness." Wan Jun chuckled.
Stroking his long beard, he looked at Gu Xiao and continued to speak: "If you want to fish, you have to prepare the bait first, right? Brother Mu, please tell me your plan. You can use our hands to capture the bandit leader. "
Gu Xiao didn't expect that Wan Jun would put his life in his hands so casually, but this was the second time he met him.
Sword eyebrows frowned slightly, Gu Xiao asked the doubts in his heart: "Why does Mr. Wan trust me so much? Aren't you afraid that I am also sent by the assassins to lure the general into the situation?"
"I have always trusted those I employ and distrust those I doubt. Now that I have chosen to trust you, I will entrust my life to you. Don't ask your mother-in-law. Brother Mu, tell me what you can do." Wan Jun waved his hand and stopped. After leaving behind Yan Bin who was hesitant to speak.
Seeing the bold gesture of the northern commander, Gu Xiao felt that if he tried to shirk it, it would be a bit coy. He immediately frowned and fell into deep thought. He only had Mo Zhe under Brother Tianya and these guards in Wan Jun's hands.
Gu Xiao fell into deep thought on how to annihilate all Chi Qianren's group, and how to capture Master Liu and the old man named Fei alive, not to mention there were more than a hundred bandits from Hutou Village.
Wan Jun looked at the brooding young man in front of him with great interest, as if the interception and killing had nothing to do with him. However, Yan Bin on the side had a serious look on his face. He approached Wan Jun and whispered in a low voice: "Sir, this matter is not trivial. , it would be better to tell the Holy One to investigate this matter thoroughly."
Wan Jun shook his head slightly and did not respond to Yan Bin. Seeing the general like this, Yan Bin could not continue to speak. He was thinking about how to persuade Wan Jun not to take risks himself, but he heard the young man speak.
"Yes." Gu Xiaoxing's eyes burst out with light.
"However, we need to give in to General Wan." Gu Xiao stared at Wan Jun's long beard, with a 'monkey spirit' smirk on his face.
Wan Jun couldn't help but feel a little nervous. He was very familiar with this evil smile. When the man was marching, he would smile like this every time he had some tricks. Did he shoot himself in the foot? Wan Jun I thought to myself.
Lin'er asked curiously: "What method have you thought of."
Pretending to be profound, Gu Xiao winked in Wan Jun's direction, then smiled with Lin'er and said, "Looking from a distance, General Wan looks a bit like someone around us."
Lin'er didn't know what medicine Gu Xiao was selling in the gourd, but she still followed Gu Xiao's gaze and looked at Wan Jun.
Wan Jun was looked at so closely by the young man and the girl that he felt a little at a loss.
Suddenly, he heard the freckled girl stroking her hands and smiling: "Xue Hu... If you don't tell me, I haven't noticed yet. From a distance, Master Wan and Xue Hu have some similarities in appearance."
After thinking about it, Lin'er said again: "That's not right. When we entered Lingzhou, everyone from Chi Qianren's group had already seen Xue Hu..."
"It's because they have seen it that they will notice it. Brother Xue has a lot of martial arts skills and is not afraid of hidden arrows. It is most suitable to pretend to be Lord Wan." Gu Xiao told him his method, then lowered his voice and continued.
"We only need to do this...this...can..."
After hearing this, Lin'er couldn't help but clapped her hands and praised her, and even Wan Jun, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, nodded slightly. But I heard Gu Xiao continue to speak: "To frighten the snake, it needs to be weeded out, and now we still need one person to be the one who does the weeding."
"Who is it?" Not only Lin'er, but also Wan Jun and Yan Bin couldn't help but ask.
"Zhang Siwei, who was just dismissed by your Excellency." Gu Xiao spoke confidently.
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Zhang Chongzhi originally thought that he would get rid of all the charges. Relying on his brother-in-law, Wan Jun would show off some face no matter what. Unexpectedly, Wan Jun would give up his post of guard so casually.
Although Cao Si had accepted all the charges, looking at the look in Si Cheng's eyes when he was dismissed from his position as Secretary-Wei just now, he was afraid that things were not that simple. Zhang Si-Wei walked around in his room angrily and said, "When I get back, Now that you are here, let my brother-in-law read your book carefully in front of the Holy Master."
Just as he was secretly angry, he heard two secretaries and guards talking secretly outside the prison: "Hey, have you heard? This time, Commander Zhang has offended the wrong person."
"What's wrong? There's really a big noise tonight. Did you hear that a big shot has come to our capital?"
"I heard that, that's what I'm talking about. Isn't Zhang Siwei usually on good terms with the Haw Par Escort Agency? I heard that this big shot sent people to secretly investigate the Haw Par Escort Agency, saying that he is suspected of collaborating with bandits."
"Collaborating with bandits?"
"Yes, it is said that the Tiger and Leopard Escort Agency has a secret connection with the mountain bandits in Lingzhou Green Forest. Not to mention the usual robbery activities, I heard that the bandit leader also wants to take action against this big shot."
"Don't talk nonsense. Have you investigated this matter clearly?"
"Of course, I was on duty tonight. I happened to pass by the back hall of the Yamen on patrol and heard what the big shot told his subordinates. Not only that, the man also said that he would use Zhang Siwei's life as a warning to others tomorrow."
"It's strange. Then why did I hear that I just dismissed Zhang Siwei's official position? There are forces in the capital behind him. How can I just kill him?"
"Secretly collaborating with bandits and conspiring to assassinate... I heard that your Excellency has sent people to investigate clearly. Tell me who can come forward and save his life."
"Then why do we have to kill Zhang Siwei tomorrow?"
"I heard that the gentleman didn't want to delay his trip tomorrow. I heard the implication of his words was that he didn't take those rabble in his eyes. He said that he wanted to take the mountain road in the southwest instead, and let people pretend to be walking on the main road, and by the way, he wanted to take the mountain road in the southwest. The rabble was wiped out."
"Hush, how can small people like us know about such a big thing? Is there anyone else who knows about this?"
"No, only you and I know."
"Listen to my brother, you can just keep this in your stomach and pretend you don't know."
"Don't worry, how can I dare to say nonsense? It's just a pity for Zhang Siwei. He treats our brothers well on weekdays. You said, we Siwei can be regarded as official servants after all. We kill at will. It's really...sigh."
"Stop talking, stop talking, go change the guard quickly..."
Zhang Siwei heard this so clearly that his heart almost jumped out of his chest. Just now he was still cursing secretly that he would wait until he returned to Beijing before trying to take revenge on him. Now it sounds like I am afraid that I will die in Lingzhou if I don't survive tomorrow.
Sitting back at the table helplessly, Zhang Siwei was so frightened that his face turned pale, his hands and feet were cold, and he murmured to himself: "It's over, it's all over. That's not right, I just accepted some bribe money, and the crime will not lead to death, no, We cannot sit still and wait for death.”
Zhang Siwei was so frightened that he could not think normally. Only the idea of running as far away as possible appeared in his mind. He hurriedly rummaged through the room and found out all the banknotes he had accumulated on weekdays. He also pulled a few pieces of clothing and tied them into a bundle.
Having just packed his baggage, Zhang Siwei then thought about where he could go. The two men just talked in secret and said that he was involved in the major case of the assassination of Wan Jun by the Haw Leopard Escort Agency and Lingzhou Green Forest.
"It's an important assassination case, yes. Since he wants me to die, I can't let him live. If according to what those two people said, if Wan Jun dies, no one will know about it. If I don't do anything, I will We have to find a way to inform the assassins." Zhang Siwei forced himself to calm down, thinking about how to save his life.
He also thought that when he forced Hu Hu to leave Lingzhou, he had given him a pass document. Zhang Siwei slapped his head. Yes, he took advantage of tonight to go to Hu Hu and reveal Wan Jun's news to him. He Isn't it the group of people in Tonglulin? As long as they can get it tomorrow, I will naturally be able to sit back and relax.
As for him absconding in fear of crime, in the future he only needs to save his life and return to the capital, use some money, and live incognito for a few years. When the time comes, he will change his identity, and no one will be able to find out.
Thinking of this, Zhang Siwei did not hesitate, packed his baggage on his back, opened the door, and saw that no one was watching him in the room. He secretly rejoiced in his heart: "How can it be so easy to kill me?"
Zhang Siwei relied on his familiarity with the patrol of the Duhu Department to avoid the guards all the way and arrived at the main gate of the Duhu Department. Seeing that there were many guards on duty, he had to bend down and search carefully at the base of the wall until he found a fugitive who had been chasing him. It was a dog hole that I learned from the prisoner in the Department of Defense when he was leaving the capital.
Gritting his teeth, Zhang Siwei bent down and crawled into the dog hole. He humiliatedly climbed out of the courtyard wall of the Department of Defense, stared at the courtyard full of hatred, and then disappeared into the night.
Zhang Siwei was about to leave. Several figures appeared on the courtyard wall. Gu Xiao and Lin'er looked at each other in disbelief. Yan Bin on the side was even more disbelieving and waved to the people who had already prepared to leave.
Holding back his smile, Yan Bin said to Gu Xiao, "I didn't expect that the heavily guarded Protectorate Division would have such a secret passage."
Gu Xiao scratched his head and replied: "Originally, I thought he couldn't escape, so we had to pretend to have a conflict with the guards in front of the door to give him a chance to escape, but it saves us some effort."
Lin'er shook his head and said with a smile: "You are still bullying the people during the day, but at night you escape through dog holes."
"Mu Shaoxia, let's take the next step..." Seeing that Zhang Siwei escaped from the Protectorate Department just as Gu Xiao expected, Yan Bin asked Gu Xiao about his next plan.
"Let's wait at the Lingzhou City Gate. We can't let them be stopped when they leave the city." Gu Xiao said calmly while looking at Zhang Siwei's back.
Several people turned over and landed back to the back hall. Wan Jun was already waiting for them. Seeing how many people came back, Wan Jun asked Gu Xiao, "Has he gone to Haw Leopard Escort Agency?"
Gu Xiao nodded and said: "Yes, we have to hurry up. Now we are divided into two groups. I will inform Brother Tianya."
Then he said to Yan Bin: "Master Yan, please go to the city gate and let Zhang Siwei and the head of the Tiger and Leopard Escorts get out of the city smoothly."
Yan Bin received Wan Jun's order to temporarily follow Gu Xiao's instructions. After listening to Gu Xiao's instructions, he nodded immediately and walked quickly towards the city gate.
Then Gu Xiao saluted Wan Jun and said: "It's all a show. If you startle the snake, you need to weed it. Master Wan is the only one responsible for the false arrest. All you need to do is disturb him. There is no need to tell the governor the reason."
Wan Jun became the commander-in-chief of the Northern Territory and commanded a hundred thousand troops in Yanbei City. He had not listened to other people's orders for a long time. Seeing this young man's order and order, he suddenly felt a little dazed, as if he had returned to the great army many years ago. , quickly withdrew his thoughts, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "This matter will be taken care of by me."
Gu Xiao caught a glimpse of Wan Jun's long beard again and whispered to Lin'er: "I'm going and I should be back in the middle of the night. After Master Wan has alerted the snake, you..."
Wan Jun didn't know what Gu Xiao was selling in his gourd. He only heard the first half of the sentence, but the second half of the sentence became quieter and quieter. He saw that the freckled girl glanced at him after listening to his words, covered her mouth and chuckled. I couldn't help but worry that I would be too hasty to trust him so much just because his appearance was similar to that person.
